Health

Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan Saturday batted for appointing more women judges and asserted that judiciary should help bridge socio-economic disparities.

India Government today said treatment for heart, kidney and bone diseases is provided free of cost to all persons below poverty line (BPL) and at subsidised rates to others in government hospitals.

World Kidney Day (WKD) is a global health awareness campaign focusing on the importance of our kidneys and reducing the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems worldw

Interfering in mosquitoes' sex lives could help halt the spread of malaria, British scientists say.

A study on the species of mosquito mainly responsible for malaria transmission in Africa, Anopheles gambiae, showed that because these mosquitoes mate only once in their lives, meddling with that process could dramatically cut their numbers. Researchers from Imperial College London found that a "mating plug" -- used by male mosquitoes to ensure their sperm stays in the right place after mating -- is essential for the fertilization of eggs during the female's lifetime.

A new surgical technique using glue to repair breastbones intentionally broken during open-heart surgery speeds up recovery time and is "substantially less painful" for patients, a University of Calgary scientist said.
The standard practice in operating rooms is to sew the breastbone back together with wire after open-heart surgery.

That procedure takes weeks to heal and often requires strong pain medication to withstand.” We can now heal the breastbone in hours instead of weeks after open-heart surgery," Fedak, who pioneered the

Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have uncovered fundamental differences between the bone which makes up the skull and the bones in our limbs, which they believe could hold the key to tackling bone weakness and fractures.

It is well know that bones in the arms and legs become weak and vulnerable to breaks when they are not maintained by weight bearing exercise.

However skull bone, which bears almost no weight remains particularly resistant to breaking.

The new research offers an explanation for this phenomenon for the first time.

Social Welfare Schemes can be broadly classified into; welfare of the handicapped, welfare of women and children, correctional services and social security. The child welfare programmes implemented are health care, pre-school education and nutrition. In Thiruvananthapuram district there are five welfare institutions; one after-care hostel, one after-care home, one home for physically handicapped women, one home for mentally retarded children and one vocational care centre for the physically handicapped.